Archive for the ‘VMware’ Category
Headless VMware Fusion
You can run VMware Fusion 2 in what is commonly referred to as headless mode. This option is not yet available in Fusion 3, but is handy when you do not want to authenticate at the loginwindow of Mac OS X in order to run virtual machines using the vmware-vmx process. To enable headless mode, [...]
In: Mac OS X, VMware · Tagged with: bypass loginwindow, fluxcapacitor, headless mode, VMware, vmx
Checking Free Space in vSphere
Most of us will be familiar with the df command. But in ESX, you use the vdf command, located in /usr/sbin. Running the vdf command will net you similar output to what you see with df. Simply run the following to see free space on each of your disks: vdf -h You can also list [...]
In: VMware · Tagged with: ESX, free space, Linux, vdf, VMware
Goodbye OpenSolaris/OpenStorage, Hello OpenFiler/OpenDedup
I’ve read a number of reports over the past couple of days that indicate the demise of Project Wonderland and Open Solaris. As it is open source I would not be surprised to see the project continue, even if forked and retitled in some way. Oracle will continue selling Solaris, but “nothing is for free” [...]
In: Ubuntu, Unix, VMware · Tagged with: FOSS, opendedup, OpenSolaris, openstorage, Solaris
VMware Acquires Zimbra
See the Zimbra site for more information: http://www.zimbra.com Mail has to live somewhere – might as well be on an EMC…
In: VMware · Tagged with: VMware, Zimbra
Monitoring Amazon ec2 Instances
InterMapper has a solution for monitoring instances of the popular Amazon cloud solution, ec2. Using InterMapper’s Cloud Monitor, you can monitor up to 5 virtual machines that are running for free. If you are just getting started and find that you would like some visibility into the performance of your ec2 instances then this solution [...]
In: Ubuntu, Unix, VMware · Tagged with: cloud monitor, cloud watch, intermapper
Click-Matrix Leads to Death of a Trackpad
While preparing an image for the latest MacBook Pro we were going through a click-matrix and I noticed a funny usability issue. Basically, when you fire up VMware and log into the virtual machine, the trackpad keeps getting hit by little hands, which doesn’t work very well in typing class. I don’t ask why a [...]
In: Mass Deployment, VMware, Windows XP · Tagged with: click-matrix, MacBook Pro, touchfreeze, usability, VMware
VirtualBox 3.1 Out & Tested
The latest version of VirtualBox is out and it supports a whole slew of bug fixes. In fact, the latest VirtualBox fixes a very specific problem that I’ve been struggling with, which is the fact that iSCSI LUNs greater than 2 Terabytes would not mount (not that I have many LUNs greater than 2TB in [...]
In: Mac OS X, Mac OS X Server, Mac Security, Ubuntu, Uncategorized, Unix, VMware · Tagged with: 3.1, iscsi, Mac OS X, VirtualBox
Scripting Compellent
As with EMC, Compellent allows you to manage servers, volumes, server folders, volume folders, views, and of course mappings programatically. This provides the automation minded engineer with a full-on suite for managing their Compellent-based SAN. All of this is made possible using CompCU.jar. I keep a scripts folder and keep the jar file there, which [...]
In: Mac OS X, VMware, Xsan · Tagged with: Command line, compellent, force, map, powershell, replay
Clariion/Navisphere CLI
A Clariion can be managed using the /opt/Navisphere/bin/navicli command. You can obtain information about the environment using the -h option followed by the IP address of the IP of the Clariion and then a number of get verbs. For example, to get all of the settings for the Clariion at 192.168.210.88: navicli -h 192.168.210.88 getall [...]
In: Unix, VMware · Tagged with: Clariion, CLI, navisphere
VMware Fusion 3 Right Around the Corner
VMware Fusion is now in pre-order for Fusion 3. What’s new? 64-bit support for Snow Leopard systems Support for OpenGL 2.1 and DirectX 9.0c Unity works with Aero and Flip 3D to further support Windows 7 New migration tools New command line options Upgraded Virtual Machine Library Built-in Automatic Updater Reduced memory and CPU footprint [...]
In: Mac OS X, VMware · Tagged with: aero, automatic updates, fusion, mass deploy, virtual machine, VMware, vmware fusion 3
